Remarks by Chris Leh
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“Okay, thank you. Maybe just one, I think, a clarification that I would ask. Are any of the infractions or offenses limited just to Louisville residents, or are they all generally applicable?”
“Good. All right. Any other questions? All righty. Is there any staff comment? Any more staff comment? Okay. Do we have a motion concerning the ordinance? Yes. Council Member Heffner.”
“Okay, so you're suggesting that we have all those amendments brought back to us for further consideration? Okay, I mean, are folks agreeable with that? Just generally, you can make a motion to that effect, but is there comment?”
“Okay. I am too. I wanted to just say that I really appreciate the lift that all the staff has done, the prosecutor and the municipal judge and you and everyone else, because this is a big, you know, it's a big update that we haven't done for a while. So really appreciate the work. Thank you. Yeah. Council Member Kern.”
“Thank you. Any other comment? Yes, Council Member Cooper.”
“Any further questions, comments? All right. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?”
“I need to grab something for my car anyway, so that's terrific. Appreciate it. All right, we're going to resume the meeting. I'm sorry for the delay, but we've had a Zoom glitch. Folks, I think, can hear us. They can't hear us. And there is a disconnect. We can't all hear each other. On Zoom, there is a YouTube channel that we simultaneously run the meeting on is available. But we're not going to be able to take any virtual public comment as a result of this. If there's any way that that gets changed or fixed, you'll let us know. But at least for right now, our rules permit us to do it that…”
“Okay. Do we have any questions right at this second, or should we? I WAS GOING TO PLAN TO MOVE TO THE APPLICANT AND HEAR THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. GOOD. LET'S DO IT. GET THE APPLICANT UP THERE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE PLAN.”
“I have a question just at the outset, and then I will ask my colleagues to ask their questions. What efforts have you made to contact neighbors, involve them in the design, the initial concept, getting feedback, and so forth? Recording in progress. That's something that obviously gets done later in the process. I'm interested right now if you've done any of that.”
“To be clear, this is a great way to do that, and I do appreciate that. I know there are members of the community here. Are there others on council that have some initial questions? Yes, Council Member Kern.”
“Questions? Council for the applicant? Yes, Council Member Cooperland.”
“Other questions of the applicant or staff? All right. Do we have any public comment?”
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“It's a good question. It's a good question.”
“Anybody else? Okay, thank you. And will there be more opportunities to meet with us? I'll shut up. No, we'll get to it in just a second. And, in fact, you know what we'll do right now is, yes, one, it's 50 units. It's 50 units is my understanding. 50 units. Yes. Yes. Yeah. That's the whole thing. There's no hidden units. It is 50 units. And second, this, and it's a really good question because people don't know, gee, is this the last we're going to see? And is something going to go up without any input? The answer to that is absolutely not. It's not even an application yet. Okay. That goes…”
“Yes. There will be plenty of opportunities for you and others. I appreciate your exuberance and your interest because it's really, the public input is important. It's why we do this, we get early input and that's exactly why we have this process going. So stay tuned, stay tuned and stay following it. Other, why don't we come back to council discussion. Yes. Councilmember Dickinson.”
“Other comments? Yes, Council Member Fahey.”
“Thanks. The comments of my colleagues are terrific. I just wanted to say two things. Just thank you for bringing this forward. This is what we've been really trying for for years. This is a part of diversifying the economy, diversifying our service to society. different populations here and creating diverse housing in Louisville generally, which has lacked it for a long time. And I said and have for 14 years, and many have echoed in a different sort of way, that we don't want to be a community that requires people to be kind of double high income without any kids to even move in. And we don't…”
“Good. We will get to her very shortly. Council questions initially? Okay, we're gonna get to the first round of public comment.”
“excuse me the council members have questions the first round of questions and comments no we can go back to public comment then for the second round no second round of cabal comment okay then we'll bring it back to council discussion Are there council comments or discussion right now? Yeah. Council Member Dickinson.”
“Okay, other council comments? All right, yes, Council Member Cooperman.”
“Okay. All right, I'm going to close public hearing then and ask for any motion. I'm happy to make a motion, Mayor.”
“Second. Any further discussion? Can we take a roll call, please?”
“Yes. Okay. Let us move on. The next item on our agenda is Discussion and direction, actually, let me take a time out for just a second. It is five to eight. I just want to, you know, we can absolutely keep going and I'm fine doing that, but this will take a little bit of, And we want to give our deputy city manager plenty of time to explain a really important subject and have us have a good discussion without being interrupted. But if people would like to take a minute, I think I'm glad to call it. There are people, I'm seeing some nodding heads. So why don't we do this? Why don't we take a…”
“Council, do you have a preference? Let's say, why don't you do it the way that you had planned to do it in the event that nobody objected?”